Texas House panel mulls open, campus carry proposals

Members of the Texas House are debating proposals to allow concealed carry of handguns on college campuses and open carry everywhere else.

The House Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety mulled proposals on both issues Tuesday.

Those discussions came as the full Senate approved loosening restrictions to allow licensed open carry of guns statewide. The sweeping “open carry” bill cleared the upper chamber on votes Monday and Tuesday with relatively little debate.

The Senate was set to take up a “campus carry” bill later this week. It would allow license holders to bring concealed handguns into university buildings and classrooms.

With the Senate passing one measure and poised to approve the other, both will go to the House. But a full vote can’t occur there until they clear committee